GOVT EXPANDS Z BENEFITS PHILHEALTH COVERAGE

The government has expanded its Z benefit coverage for PhilHealth, President Benigno Aquino 3rd said in his State of the Nation Address before Congress on Monday. The expanded Case Type Z Benefit Package covers “catastrophic” illnesses like coronary heart diseases, congenital heart defects and ventricular septal defects. The Case Type Z Benefit Package previously covers only treatment for breast and prostate cancers, leukemia for children, and dialysis.